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But a source said that was of no use to the workforce, many of whom are based substantial distances away.

The source continued: ‘The cabins were a little place you could go to if the weather was awful. People on early shifts would go and make a piece of toast or get a tea or a coffee and it was somewhere you could put your butties.

‘On Wednesday a car turned up and stripped the lot of them. Some of the kettles and toasters weren’t even owned by the club — staff had brought them in themselves. We couldn’t believe it.

‘They say we should go to the police room, which has been refurbished, but we only get 20-minute breaks and it takes some of us almost 10 minutes to get there.’

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The source added that morale among the staff, most of whom earn the national living wage (£7.20 an hour), was at an all-time low.

‘You’re paying the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic £250,000 a week and taking teabags and coffee from staff. You honestly couldn’t make it up. Morale was bad before but this is something else.’

The source said staff now have to seek permission to go to the toilet. ‘They used to just cover for each other if one needed to go to the loo,’ he explained. ‘Now, they have to radio the supervisor to request permission for a toilet break. It’s degrading and unnecessary.’

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The decision was thought to have been made jointly by the club’s car parks operations manager and deputy head of stadium safety and security.

‘Apparently they want to make it more professional. If taking our teabags and coffee is more professional, I’m Louis van Gaal,’ the source added.